Humphry Davy was an English chemist born in 1778 in Cornwall who showed natural intelligence and curiosity from a young age. After his father's death, he became a surgeon's apprentice and befriended Davies Gilbert, who allowed Davy to use his well-equipped laboratory to experiment with gases. In 1798, Davy joined the Pneumatic Institution in Bristol to investigate the medical properties of gases and was awarded the Copley Medal, Royal Medal, and Rumford Medal for his scientific achievements.

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3.  Englishman Humphry Davy was born on December 17,
1778, in Penzance, Cornwall, to middle-class parents. He
was well educated, but he was also naturally intelligent and
curious, and those traits often manifested in the fiction
and poetry he wrote at an early age.
 When Davy was 16 years old, his father died, and a year
later he became a surgeon apprentice, with the hopes of
one day having a career in medicine. He was also
befriended by Davies Gilbert, who lived with Davy as a
lodger and would serve as a major influence on Davy’s life
of science. Gilbert allowed Davy to use a library and well-
equipped chemical laboratory, and Davy began
experimenting, chiefly with gases.

4.  Awards: Copley Medal, Royal Medal, Rumford Medal
 On 2 October 1798, Davy joined the Pneumatic
Institution at Bristol.
 It had been established to investigate the medical
powers of factitious airs and gases (gases produced
experimentally or artificially), and Davy was to
superintend the various experiments.

5.  http://www.biography.com/people/humphry-davy-
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Davy